Populist Party of Sikkim

The Populist Party was a populist political party in the Kingdom of Sikkim that was active from 1936 to 1975. The Populist Party was formed by advocates of popular power in the country; it supported left-wing economic and religious policies and right-wing citizenship and foreign policies. The Populist Party believed that the people of Sikkim should be guaranteed the right to run their own businesses without foreign competition, the right to protect themselves from big business, and the ability to freely practice religion; the party opposed multiculturalism, however, and it supported aggressive nationalism. The party dissolved upon India's annexation of Sikkim in 1975.